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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with the following statements? - People suffer from severe health problems because of their genes.
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
32 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Poland87.9%
2 Czech Republic84.1%
3 Lithuania83.0%
4 Portugal81.9%
5 Netherlands81.4%
6 Slovakia81.2%
7 Israel77.0%
8 Turkiye74.5%
9 United States74.3%
10 Bulgaria73.5%
10 Germany73.5%
12 Finland73.3%
13 Spain72.9%
14 Denmark72.3%
15 Italy71.2%
16 Slovenia70.2%
17 Republic of Korea69.8%
18 China69.5%
19 France68.2%
20 Taiwan67.7%
21 Croatia67.4%
22 Belgium66.7%
23 Australia66.0%
24 Switzerland65.6%
25 Russian Federation65.0%
26 Philippines64.5%
27 Norway62.7%
28 United Kingdom61.7%
29 Chile59.2%
30 Sweden55.9%
31 South Africa55.8%
32 Japan 42.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 206 countries.

Source
ISSP 2011

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = 0.831084 X +5.946
Correlation coefficient (r)0.120
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.014

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data32
Regression equation
Y = -23232.262626 X +54331.459
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.088
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.008

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -3.263083 X +81.090
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.060
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -0.205813 X +1.776
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.046
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data31
Regression equation
Y = -10.750710 X +18.073
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.192
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.037